stuck at 1700, help!!!

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McDermick

As per the note, I'm looking for someone to potentially analyze my games (either here, or privately) and advise (i) what are the lion's share of my weaknesses, and (ii) help me develop a pathway forward, ie, books study plan etc.  I currently study roughly 3.5 hours a day, broken down as follows:  45 minutes opening theory, 45 minutes book study (endgames at the moment), 1 hour tactics, 1 hour play.  I'm stuck and I'm really not sure why.  I'd love to breakthrough to the 2000 range if possible.  Any guidance would be deeply appreciated.  I'm open to a coach, and I've had a great coach before, but since I do so much private study, I'm not sure if that's the best pathway forward.

justbefair
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As per the note, I'm looking for someone to potentially analyze my games (either here, or privately) and advise (i) what are the lion's share of my weaknesses, and (ii) help me develop a pathway forward, ie, books study plan etc. I currently study roughly 3.5 hours a day, broken down as follows: 45 minutes opening theory, 45 minutes book study (endgames at the moment), 1 hour tactics, 1 hour play. I'm stuck and I'm really not sure why. I'd love to breakthrough to the 2000 range if possible. Any guidance would be deeply appreciated. I'm open to a coach, and I've had a great coach before, but since I do so much private study, I'm not sure if that's the best pathway forward.

You have been playing here for more than 10 years.

How long have you been following your study plan? What books/lessons have you studied fairly recently? Have you done online lessons here/ elsewhere?

Have you ever had a diamond membership and run Insights? It could tell you if you are missing mates in 1 or forks or pins.

McDermick
justbefair wrote:
wrote:

As per the note, I'm looking for someone to potentially analyze my games (either here, or privately) and advise (i) what are the lion's share of my weaknesses, and (ii) help me develop a pathway forward, ie, books study plan etc. I currently study roughly 3.5 hours a day, broken down as follows: 45 minutes opening theory, 45 minutes book study (endgames at the moment), 1 hour tactics, 1 hour play. I'm stuck and I'm really not sure why. I'd love to breakthrough to the 2000 range if possible. Any guidance would be deeply appreciated. I'm open to a coach, and I've had a great coach before, but since I do so much private study, I'm not sure if that's the best pathway forward.

You have been playing here for more than 10 years.

How long have you been following your study plan? What books/lessons have you studied fairly recently? Have you done online lessons here/ elsewhere?

Have you ever had a diamond membership and run Insights? It could tell you if you are missing mates in 1 or forks or pins.

Thanks for the thoughts justbefair. In answer to your questions: In last 12 months or so, couple books on the psychology of chess, Nunn's book on strategy. Hellsten on opening study. Sierawan's endgame book. I did lessons with a coach for about a year. He was great and helped me advance, but I feel that I never really pinpointed my weaknesses. By way of a totally unrelated example, i used to play competitive squash, where my coach clearly pointed out what I needed to work on, so a i had a very clear pathway forward.

ElijahLogozarStudent

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MaestroDelAjedrez2025

Is someone here stuck at 1700 rated

ChessMasteryOfficial

Learn exactly how to think in the opening, middlegame and endgame — this is what I teach.
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.

RED-RIVAL
Can I know exactly what openings you play? As you already must know, different openings have different strategies and hence must be looked at separately. Also, have you played any OTB tournaments recently?
Psychic_Vigilante

Hello, I had a look at your games. There is a certain pattern to your losses that involves a combination or two main errors. I can help you identify and eliminate it.

https://www.sendowl.com/s/chess-lesson/a-chess-lesson-with-me-1-hour-by-ivan-georgiev/

MaestroDelAjedrez2025

Play better moves to make your rating(s) go up

jangelak

strange topic for chess.com. at over 1100 chess.com rating , you would have to play consistently at a game analysed rating of 1650+ to maintain your chess.com rating. the chess engines rule the website at over 1100.

justbefair
jangelak wrote:

strange topic for chess.com. at over 1100 chess.com rating , you would have to play consistently at a game analysed rating of 1650+ to maintain your chess.com rating. the chess bots rule the website at over 1100.

That's just not true. There are no bots playing rated games.

McDermick
RED-RIVAL wrote:
Can I know exactly what openings you play? As you already must know, different openings have different strategies and hence must be looked at separately. Also, have you played any OTB tournaments recently?

Thanks for your comment Red-Rival. e4 for white, slav and Najdorf Sicilian as black. I would love to play OTB tournaments but I am in a remote community for the foreseeable future due to work. Hoping to transfer back to an urban center in the next 6-12 months